Building material



May 19; 1925.

W. O. RHODES BUILDING MATERIAL Filed March 5, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 J V? V? VVVVV yvvvl 9 V VVVV O VVVV o wrmes S May 19 1925. 1,533,002

' W. O. RHODES BUILDING MATERIAL Filed March 5, L924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Z/Qjf?0cies Patent-ed May 19, 1925.

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- BnIznnuoMAu-nnmn Application filedMarch 5,,1824. [Serial N'o. .6 97,117.

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIADLOr RHonns, citizen of the United States, residing at Covington. in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, havevinven'ted certain new and useful Improvements in Building Isiaterials, of which the following, is a specification.

Thepresent invention relates to a building unitand more particularly to a combination fire proof lath and wall structure designed for the construction of dwelling, business and an'xusement houses garages, and every ltind of buildings where lathsand plaster are used, hoth for exterior and interioruse. This structure being made completely of metal is entirely fire proof and rigid and channel i-ronsare used to give the sufficient weight and strength to the structure in order to carry the necessary load as. mayibe required. The parts, areconstructed in uniform sizes andcan therefore be economically manufactured. The structure is, designed for receiving plaster on the interior and stucco on the exterior and eliminates the use wooden studding' except around openings where casings are to be nailed.

An importantcbject .of the, invention is to provide a unit of this nature possessing an eihcien and simple construction which may be re ;ily and quickly assembled with other similar units and which will-bedurah c, rel able and well adaptec to the purpose for which it is designed. v

With the above and num rous other objecs in view'as will appear as the descripon progresses, the invention resides in cerzin novel features of construction, and in ie combination and arrangement of parts as will he hereinaftermore fullydescrihed and claimed.

In the drawing: 7 Figure l is a plan view of one unit emho in z my invention.

2 is anend view tl'iereof, 3 is a tranrerse section taken suba plurality metallic material indicated by {the letter A.

This sheet 2 is bent 'alongits transverse center line so asto provide a V-shaped sectional forn'mtion indicated at 5 and providedintermediate its ends with a slot 6.1 Right angularly extending flanges- 7'provided on the transverseends of the sheet A and on their edges are provided with intermediately disposed tongues 8 substantially the same length as the slot 6. i

The sheet- A i s-providedfwith aplurality of series of projections B which are; formed by the incisions 9. The projections are provided on both the faces of the sheet so that plaster-or stucco may be readily engaged therewith-as will be understood by those skilled in the art.

. In I igurc- 5 Lhave shown one/[Way in which the units may he assembled so as to form an outer wall and an inner wall spaced from each other. The flanges 7 of adjacent units are in abutment with each'othenand riveted or bolted together as at 10- with channelirons 11 so as to give the structure the necessary strength for supporting] the weight of a roof or the like as. well-as, the weight .of the units; themselves. "The front wall C as illustratedin Figure 5 comprises aplurality of the units A and the flanges 7 the tongues 8 (see Eiguretl). projeotthrough the slot 6 of the section orunits Aiof the rear wall D and are then bent-over upon the ll-shaped: sectional formation 5=thus securely locking the front and rear Wallstogether. in forming the corner the flanges "T of; the two inner wall units Av are receiyabl'e in the corner unit Aofthe outer wall "'CJQ This unit A is the same as unit- A- except that it is hent intermediate its .ends at right angles along; the center lin of the-V-shaped sectional formation 5'and' the tonguesfofthe inner wall unit will pass through theslotfl thereof and bend as previously specified.

The units shown in Figures 7 sand indicated generally by the letter E are the same as units A except that they are not provided with the V-shaped sectional formation 5 and the flanges 7. The ends of these units Eare provided with hook shaped flanges 15 extending in opposite directions as is clearly illustrated in Figure 7 so that adjacent flanges .may be engageable with each other as shown in Figure 8 so that a bolt 16 'may be passed therethrough. It is also preferable to place the channel iron 17 so as to be held in place by this bolt 16 there'- by strengthening the assembled structure. This modified form is used where only one wall is to be provided inqdistinction to the two walled structure shown in Figure 5. Referring particularly to the disclosure shown in Figure 1 in conjunction with Figures 2' and 7 attention is called to the manner in which the projections B are formed.

The slits 9 are V-shaped and the V-shaped straps formed thereby are alternately bent in and out with respect to the sheet thus forming projections B so that the intermediate portion of each pro ection is higher than the extremities thereof'so that plaster or stucco may be efliciently pressed into engagement therewith; It will be seen that ,the plaster and stucco may be pressed through the openings which will be formed so as to engage both the front and rear promotions and thus the plaster and stucco will be more efficiently engaged with the unit than with an ordinary unit of laths.

It is evident that the units E could be used for the construction of columns by being bent circular so that its flanges l5 engage each other thereby forming a cylinder. By the use of ordinary mechanical skill there, isihardly any building structure wherein plaster and stucco are useful in which my units may not be utilized to advantage These units may be made of any desired weight or gage of sheet iron and may be either galvanized or painted and of course may be made in desired widths and lengths. When the load to be carried is not great, the rivets or'bolts 1,0 and the channel irons 11 and the bolts 16 and channel irons 17 may be eliminated.

7 It is thought that the construction and use ofthese units have now been sufficiently described-and illustrated for the purpose of disclosing the inventions If it is desired.

,however, that numerous changes in the deta1ls'of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention,

I what I claim as new is:

1. A- building unit of the class described including a sheet body bent intermediate its ends vso as to provide a 'V-shaped secedges with the tongues receivable in slots of other similar units, the sheet body of the units being provided with a plurality of V-shaped slits arranged in a plurality of series so as to form straps, said straps being bent so as to project alternately from opposite faces of the sheet body.

3. A structure of the class described formed from a plurality of assembled units each including a sheet body having end flanges and an intermediately disposed V- shaped sectional formation having a slot therein, tongues projecting from the flanges for being received in the slots of other units and bent over upon the V-shaped sectional formation. I I

4. A structure of the class described formed from a plurality of assembled units each including a sheet body having end flanges and an intermediately disposed V- 'shaped sectional formation having a slot therein, tongues projecting from the flanges for being received in the slots of other units and bent over upon th V-shaped sectional formation, the flanges of the units being disposed adjacent each other and channel irons extended longitudinally therewith and 7 fixed thereto for bracing the structure so that it may hold the required load.

5. A building structure of the class described including a front wall and a rear wall, each wall formed of a plurality of units, each unit consisting of a sheet body having end flanges provided with tongues on their edges, the body provided with an intermediately disposed V-shaped sectional formation with a slot therein, the tongue of adjacent sections of one wall being disposed in abutment with each other so as to lie alongside of each other means for fixing the last mentioned flanges together, and the tongues of the flanges piercing the slots of the adjacent unit of the other wall and bent over upon the last mentioned unit all in the manner and for the purpose specifled. I

In testunony whereof I afliX my signatur in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM o. RHODES.

. l/Vitnesses: V

IxRUGER W. HnNnnnsoN, CHAS. G. Mason. 

